When i'm not listening to Dylan, or other music,i run a small music label and tour manage bands now and then.Ive never worked directly with Dylan, but i do know a lot ofpeople who have, and he does use the internet, proboblySkype or something like that to keep in touch with family.I'd be surprised if he hadn't checked out this site once or twice.

He also has email and emails people. He probably watches his own YouTube videos too, when he's not scouring works of literature for lines for songs

He is very much aware of the internet, how could he not be in 2017 and he is very much aware of a fair amount of his most visible fans on the road and elsewhere. All of this is known. In fact back in the day, less so now, he interacted more with his fans on and off stage, as I'm sure a handful on this forum and others can personally testify to. Plus we know he used Flickr and follows blogs to get some of his 'inspiration' for Art etc.

I have an email addressed to me about Zydeco music from a certain person and to this day i swear it was Bob who replied in that instance. Anyway I treasure it.

He also has email and emails people. He probably watches his own YouTube videos too, when he's not scouring works of literature for lines for songs

He is very much aware of the internet, how could he not be in 2017 and he is very much aware of a fair amount of his most visible fans on the road and elsewhere. All of this is known. In fact back in the day, less so now, he interacted more with his fans on and off stage, as I'm sure a handful on this forum and others can personally testify to. Plus we know he used Flickr and follows blogs to get some of his 'inspiration' for Art etc.

I have an email addressed to me about Zydeco music from a certain person and to this day i swear it was Bob who replied in that instance. Anyway I treasure it.

There is this mystic almost reclusive image of him in peoples minds that i talk to here in the UK,especially in the music industry. Whereas say, Neil Young has made quite well known his love ofthe internet many i know seem to think of Bob as someone who doesn't use the net, but you're rightTrev, in 2017 (very nearly 2018) there's not many people of any generation not antiquated with theinternet, including my 92 year old grandad

Yup. Lots of people in his age group use the internet in some way, they just don't live there. I suspect he'd enjoy the ability to drop in at ER or elsewhere and have conversations free of having to be "Bob Dylan".

I remember making a post about Love and Theft and him playing the weaker songs from it like Tweedle etc and I said how much I loved Mississippi and a few days later it appeared in the set on that tour he did with Mark Knopfler and I even got to hear it live, Ok as per Bob it was completely different arrangement but I did believe Bob read my post on here because it was too strange a coincidence.

I'll bet he's just like the way my dad was on the internet.I gave him a computer and showed him how to use it. He'd let weeks pass without touching it. And when he used it, he'd forgotten what I showed him. He'd call me on the phone all upset because he can't check his email. I'd go through it with him and he'd be okay. A week later he'd claim his computer was broken. I go over and check it out, he clicked on spam and now his computer is infected. I reload everything and now he can't remember his passwords. He'd call up saying he typed something and it disappeared. And over and over as the years passed. It was a big source of aggravation for the old man.

I'll bet he's just like the way my dad was on the internet.I gave him a computer and showed him how to use it. He'd let weeks pass without touching it. And when he used it, he'd forgotten what I showed him. He'd call me on the phone all upset because he can't check his email. I'd go through it with him and he'd be okay. A week later he'd claim his computer was broken. I go over and check it out, he clicked on spam and now his computer is infected. I reload everything and now he can't remember his passwords. He'd call up saying he typed something and it disappeared. And over and over as the years passed. It was a big source of aggravation for the old man.

When i'm not listening to Dylan, or other music,i run a small music label and tour manage bands now and then.Ive never worked directly with Dylan, but i do know a lot ofpeople who have, and he does use the internet, proboblySkype or something like that to keep in touch with family.I'd be surprised if he hadn't checked out this site once or twice.

I've pondered the same thing. In fact, I wonder if Bob has indeed gotten a few ideas for his lyrics from this forum.

He also has email and emails people. He probably watches his own YouTube videos too, when he's not scouring works of literature for lines for songs

He is very much aware of the internet, how could he not be in 2017 and he is very much aware of a fair amount of his most visible fans on the road and elsewhere. All of this is known. In fact back in the day, less so now, he interacted more with his fans on and off stage, as I'm sure a handful on this forum and others can personally testify to. Plus we know he used Flickr and follows blogs to get some of his 'inspiration' for Art etc.

I have an email addressed to me about Zydeco music from a certain person and to this day i swear it was Bob who replied in that instance. Anyway I treasure it.

There is this mystic almost reclusive image of him in peoples minds that i talk to here in the UK,especially in the music industry. Whereas say, Neil Young has made quite well known his love ofthe internet many i know seem to think of Bob as someone who doesn't use the net, but you're rightTrev, in 2017 (very nearly 2018) there's not many people of any generation not antiquated with theinternet, including my 92 year old grandad

Neil Young's Twitter account placed me on it's list of New York City Photographers.

Speaking of coincidences: In Spring 2005, I started a threat at the old Dylan pool site very politely asking Mr. Dylan to consider playing both "Shelter From the Storm" and "Mississippi" as I thought they would sound good with his new band. Both songs appeared within the week. To this day I tell myself that he read that and played them for me.

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If I follow the line of reasoning that Bob played a song for a fan who posted the request in this or whatever forum then how do we reconcile the begging and pleading of nearly everyone to change the never-ending set list that apparently falls on deaf ears? I don't mean to barf on anyone in particular, I'm just saying...

(But just in case... Bob if you are reading this you'd better come to Arizona this fall. And for x's sake announce the tour dates you annoying rock star auuuuuugh!)

In a thread hERe about what songs to add for his Japan tour a few years ago I suggested Huck's Tune, and was delighted when it appeared! I don't assume Dylan saw my post, though, that would be a stretch.

It is a true fact, however, that someone claiming to be Dylan posted on the old rec.music.dylan site (I think) that he'd play Highlands just before the song made it's debut. That's about the most conclusive case I know of.

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